Mina 1916
Velikiy Knyaz' Konstantin 1915
more than 1000 BRT
Name |
Launched // Comm. |
Builder |
Tonnage, BRT or Disp., t |
Dimensions, m |
Speed, kts |
Engine, Power hp |
Armament |
Fate |
Прут [Prut] (ex-Москва [Moskva]) | 1879 // 12.1909 | Glasgow, UK | 5459 | 109.7x13.1 | 13.5 | 2628 | 8-47, 2-37, 900mines | scuttled 12.11.1914 |
Ильмень [Ilmen'] (ex-Рцы [Rtsy], ex-Prinzessin Sofia Scharlotte) | 1912 // 6.1915 | Stettin, Germany | 2160 | 72.0x10.2 | 12 | 1100 | 2-75/48, 400mines | captured by Germany 9.4.1918 (Möwe) |
Лена [Lena] (ex-Котлин [Kotlin], ex-Köln) | 1899 // 4.1916 | Bremen, Germany | 2400 | 79.5x11.4 | 12 | 1500 | 4-75/48, 372mines | returned 6.1922 |
Ловать [Lovat'] (ex-№3, ex-Руно [Runo]) | 1912 // 10.1915 | UK | 1060 | 64.7x11.0 | 9 | 650 | 2-75/48, 360mines | returned 8.1922 |
Мста [Msta] (ex-Rußland) | 1883 // 6.1915 | Kiel, Germany | 1955 | 67.8x10.3 | 9 | 728 | 2-75/48, 157mines | captured by Germany 12.4.1918 |
Свирь [Svir'] (ex-Virgilia) | 1911 // 6.1915 | Kiel, Germany | 3800 | 79.6x11.2 | 10 | 800 | 2-75/48, 300mines | captured by Germany 9.4.1918 |
Терек [Terek] (ex-Ораниенбаум [Oranienbaum], ex-Olivia) | 1884 // 5.1916 | UK | 1700 | 60.0x9.0 | 10 | 560 | 2-47, 300mines | returned 7.1922 |
Урал [Ural] (ex-Ферт [Fert], ex-Prinz Eitel Friedrich) | 1912 // 6.1915 | UK | 2530 | 78.0x9.6 | 10 | 1555 | 2-75/48, 520mines | depot ship 5.1920 |
Хопёр [Khopyor] (ex-Константин [Konstantin]) | 1866 // 5.1916 | Newcastle, UK | 1100 | 65.1x9.1 | 10.5 | 710 | 2-47, 2-37, 200mines | survey vessel 8.1918 |
Бештау [Beshtau] | 1907 // 9.1914 | Newcastle, UK | 1120 | 72.3x10.5 | 9 | 750 | 4-47, 100mines | cargo vessel 4.1916 |
Дыхтау [Dykhtau] | 1907 // 9.1914 | Newcastle, UK | 1112 | 72.3x10.5 | 8 | 700 | 2-37, 100mines | cargo vessel 4.1916 |
Великая Княгиня Ксения [Velikaya Knyaginya Kseniya], 5.1917- Ксения [Kseniya] | 1895 // 8.1914 | UK | 2700 | 92.7x11.3 | 12 | 2360 | 1-152/11, 3-75/48, 2-37, 160mines | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 |
Великий Князь Алексей [Velikiy Knyaz' Aleksey], 5.1917- Алексей [Aleksey] | 1890 // 8.1914 | UK | 2440 | 94.8x11.3 | 12 | 2400 | 3-75/48, 2-37, 200mines | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 |
Великий Князь Константин [Veliky Knyaz' Konstantin], 5.1917- Константин [Konstantin] | 1891 // 8.1914 | UK | 2500 | 90.7x11.3 | 12 | 2200 | 1-152/11, 3-75/48, 2-37, 200mines | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 |
Св. Николай [Sv. Nikolay], 5.1917- Николай [Nikolay] | 1893 // 11.1914 | Sevastopol | 2783 | 88.4x8.2 | 12 | 2400 | 1-152/11, 3-75/48, 280mines | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 |
Цесаревич Георгий [Tsesarevich Georgiy], 5.1917- Георгий [Georgiy] | 1896 // 8.1914 | UK | 2200 | 87.8x11.3 | 12 | 2400 | 1-152/11, 3-75/48, 280mines | captured by Germany 1.5.1918 |
Монгугай [Mongugay] (ex-Pronto) | 1891 // 9.1904 | Flensburg, Germany | 2500 | 61.7x9.1 | 9 | 600 | 7-47, 310mines | stricken 12.1916 |
Уссури [Ussuri] (ex-Lyutsun) | 1901 // 8.1910 | Leyton, UK | 3200 | 71.9x11.3 | 10.5 | 1050 | 3-75/48, 4-47, 500mines | scuttled 1.8.1918 |
Шилка [Shilka] (ex-Erica) | 1897 // 2.1912 | Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle, UK | 3500 | 85.3x11.6 | 11 | 1650 | 2-120/43, 4-75/48, 480mines | cargo vessel 1915 |
100 - 1000 BRT
Мина [Mina] (1913, 180, 80mines, 6.1916-1.5.1918, 12.1920-2/1922), Дюна [Dyuna] (1868, 594, 5.1916-7/1918) |
Project history: Merchant vessels converted to minelayers during World War One.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Prut was scuttled by own crew 12.11.1914 off Sevastopol to avoid capture by German battlecruiser Goeben. Ilmen' was captured by German troops in Finland 9.4.1918 and commissioned by Kaiserliche Marine as Möwe. Msta was captured by German troops 12.4.1918 at Helsingfors. Svir' was captured by German troops 9.4.1918 at Abo. Kseniya, Konstantin and Nikolay were captured by German troops at Sevastopol 1.5.1918 and later escaped with Wrangel to Bizerte. Aleksey was captured by German troops 1.5.1918 at Sevastopol, returned to owner in March 1919, mobilized again in 1920 (temporarily) and finally was sunk in 1944 by submarine. Georgiy was captured by Germans 1.5.1918 at Sevastopol and returned by them to owner. Ussuri was scuttled 1.8.1918 by own crew to block fairway of the North Dvina.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014